Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings in 1997 in Tests

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	11.71	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
SH Cook	10.2	3	39	5	12.40	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
SM Pollock	11.0	1	37	5	13.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
MS Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	13.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
AR Caddick	11.5	1	50	5	14.20	England	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
AR Caddick	12.0	2	42	5	14.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
MG Bevan	9.5	2	31	4	14.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
KR Pushpakumara	12.4	1	41	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
HDPK Dharmasena	12.4	-	57	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
GD McGrath	20.3	8	38	8	15.37	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
CEL Ambrose	13.1	3	37	5	15.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
CL Hooper	13.4	5	26	5	16.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
IR Bishop	11.5	4	22	4	17.75	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
GD McGrath	21.0	4	76	7	18.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
D Gough	16.0	6	40	5	19.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
PCR Tufnell	13.1	6	27	4	19.75	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
GD McGrath	17.0	6	32	5	20.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Wasim Akram	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
CEL Ambrose	18.0	5	43	5	21.60	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
AA Donald	18.0	5	36	5	21.60	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
Mushtaq Ahmed	18.3	7	35	5	22.20	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
MG Bevan	15.0	3	32	4	22.50	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
MG Bevan	22.4	3	82	6	22.66	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
CA Walsh	20.0	4	74	5	24.00	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
Wasim Akram	16.0	6	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
HT Davis	20.2	3	63	5	24.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
Wasim Akram	16.4	7	42	4	25.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
A Kuruvilla	21.0	5	68	5	25.20	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
PR Reiffel	21.1	2	49	5	25.40	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
SB Doull	21.2	5	58	5	25.60	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
AA Donald	27.0	8	59	6	27.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
GI Allott	18.0	3	74	4	27.00	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
JN Gillespie	23.0	10	54	5	27.60	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
Mushtaq Ahmed	23.0	5	71	5	27.60	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
AR Caddick	18.3	5	45	4	27.75	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	28.40	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.0	9	26	4	28.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	6	54	5	28.80	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
KSC de Silva	24.2	5	85	5	29.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
PCR Tufnell	34.3	16	66	7	29.57	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
SK Warne	30.0	14	48	6	30.00	Australia	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
BN Schultz	20.0	4	52	4	30.00	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
J Srinath	25.1	5	104	5	30.20	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
DS Mohanty	20.4	5	78	4	31.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
PR Reiffel	26.0	6	73	5	31.20	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
Azhar Mahmood	20.5	7	53	4	31.25	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
GD McGrath	21.0	4	46	4	31.50	Australia	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
FA Rose	33.0	7	100	6	33.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
FA Rose	22.0	4	77	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
AR Caddick	22.0	6	71	4	33.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
Mushtaq Ahmed	22.0	6	57	4	33.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
SB Doull	28.0	10	75	5	33.60	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
SK Warne	28.0	6	88	5	33.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
CL Cairns	28.1	9	50	5	33.80	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
SK Warne	22.4	3	83	4	34.00	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
D Gough	23.0	9	52	4	34.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
CA Walsh	23.0	2	74	4	34.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Wasim Akram	23.2	5	65	4	35.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
DL Vettori	29.2	8	84	5	35.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
M Dillon	29.4	4	111	5	35.60	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
DL Vettori	24.0	8	46	4	36.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
CA Walsh	24.0	2	73	4	36.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
CL Cairns	24.0	5	90	4	36.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
BKV Prasad	31.4	9	82	5	38.00	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
AG Huckle	32.0	2	146	5	38.40	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
CA Walsh	32.0	9	78	5	38.40	West Indies	v Pakistan	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
KR Pushpakumara	32.0	3	122	5	38.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
GD McGrath	26.0	8	77	4	39.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	7	60	4	40.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
A Kuruvilla	27.0	7	88	4	40.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
GD McGrath	40.4	15	86	6	40.66	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
AG Huckle	40.4	10	109	6	40.66	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
J Srinath	27.2	4	92	4	41.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
PL Symcox	27.2	4	69	4	41.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
DW Headley	27.3	4	72	4	41.25	England	v Australia	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
SK Warne	28.0	15	43	4	42.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
CL Cairns	28.0	9	95	4	42.00	New Zealand	v Australia	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
D Gough	36.0	5	149	5	43.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
DW Headley	29.0	4	104	4	43.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
GD McGrath	29.5	9	71	4	44.75	Australia	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
SB Doull	30.0	6	70	4	45.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
DW Headley	30.5	7	87	4	46.25	England	v Australia	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
A Kumble	39.0	8	104	5	46.80	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
RDB Croft	39.1	5	95	5	47.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
D Gough	32.0	5	91	4	48.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
SK Warne	32.0	8	86	4	48.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
M Muralidaran	41.0	13	113	5	49.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
CEL Ambrose	41.4	10	87	5	50.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
RK Chauhan	34.0	13	48	4	51.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
A Kumble	42.4	5	120	5	51.20	India	v West Indies	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
CA Walsh	43.1	6	143	5	51.80	West Indies	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
WPUJC Vaas	35.0	6	144	4	52.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	53.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
Saqlain Mushtaq	44.2	10	89	5	53.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
Mushtaq Ahmed	38.0	12	122	4	57.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
MS Kasprowicz	39.0	8	113	4	58.50	Australia	v England	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
SK Warne	42.0	13	106	4	63.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Saqlain Mushtaq	45.0	12	115	4	67.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
M Muralidaran	48.0	17	99	4	72.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
Saqlain Mushtaq	62.0	13	129	5	74.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs South Africa at Melbourne, South Africa tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1997 [Test # 1392]

West Indies vs Pakistan at Karachi, West Indies tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 6-9, 1997 [Test # 1391]

India vs Sri Lanka at Wankhede, Sri Lanka tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 3-7, 1997 [Test # 1390]